WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Two years after a holiday romance between Josh (Joshua McGuire) and Fola (Susan Wokoma) destroyed their respective relationships – when they turned out to be neighbours – they’re reassessing where they stand.

She wants to move to north London – partly to get a bit of space from her needy and insecure boyfriend.

Josh’s ex Esther (Callie Cooke) has unexpectedly returned home from travelling – bringing her new boyfriend with her – and Fola is trying to sell the house she once shared with her estranged husband Zack (Jack Fox), who’s desperately clinging onto their relationship.

WHAT’S IT LIKE?

When the first series of Cheaters arrived, it was a like a breath of fresh air – with 18 ten minute episodes, it was a breeze to binge-watch, gulping down chunk after cheeky chunk of relationship disasters.

A follow-up was, therefore, inevitable, but there was a high bar to meet.

Season 2 has a slightly different format – fewer longer episodes – still less than a quarter of an hour each, so still perfectly bingeable, but it changes the pace and there are fewer cliff-hangers.

The problem, though, is that those cliff-hangers aren’t as convincing – the trials and tribulations this time seem to be down to characters making stupid decisions or wilful misunderstandings, rather than coincidence or bad luck, and when they amplify their own woes, they lose sympathy.

While Cheaters has lost it’s originality and much of its charm and credibility, it remains entertaining and an easy watch.